{"id":9222,"date":"2012-09-03T23:42:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T03:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=9222"},"modified":"2012-09-03T23:42:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T03:42:58","slug":"fred-clark-on-what-differentiates-jerry-falwell-pat-robertson-james-dobson-ken-ham-and-ralph-reed-from-sun-myung-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/09\/fred-clark-on-what-differentiates-jerry-falwell-pat-robertson-james-dobson-ken-ham-and-ralph-reed-from-sun-myung-moon.html","title":{"rendered":"Fred Clark on What Differentiates Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Ken Ham and Ralph Reed from Sun Myung Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s what Fred Clark had to say in a post today<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I think\u2026Moon is the last of his kind.<\/p>\n

Today, there are many easier paths to the same goals \u2014 more respectable and potentially more lucrative means to the same ends.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Consider Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Ken Ham or Ralph Reed. They\u2019re chasing the same dreams as Moon chased \u2014 money, power, deference. But they\u2019ve found a way to do it that doesn\u2019t result in their being shunned by the powerful people they long to cozy up to. They have carved out a niche that lets them exploit their followers and still maintain the veneer of respectability that let\u2019s them have their pictures taken with presidents and governors.<\/p>\n

Moon declared himself a god and a Messiah, but it\u2019s far easier just to recast God and the Messiah in your own image and then go from there. It takes too much work to recruit tens of thousands of followers who will give you every penny they earn. It\u2019s far easier just to maintain a database of tens of millions of \u201csupporters\u201d who can be relied on to send small checks to help you stop the Satanic baby-killers, the godless evolutionists, the Gay menace, and the socialist agenda of the Antichrist\u2019s coming one-world government.<\/p>\n

No need to start a new religion when you can just piggy-back onto an existing one and change it to meet your needs, serving your quest for money, power and deference.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what Fred Clark had to say in a post today: I think\u2026Moon is the last of his kind. Today, there are many easier paths to the same goals \u2014 more respectable and potentially more lucrative means to the same ends. Consider Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Ken Ham or Ralph Reed. 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